With festival season upon us once again, we asked more than 30 artists—including ?uestlove, Jessie Ware, A$AP Ferg, and Speedy Ortiz—to tell us their greatest and/or most ridiculous summer fest stories.

Electronic producer Chris Clark talks to Ryan Dombal about making machines cry, the secret powers of socks, Noel Gallagher's humility, sleeping through Madame Bovary, and creating music that will live on after all the computers have died.

Whether by patiently telling a drawn-out story, putting a surprising twist on a tired form, getting over on sheer force of personality, or being just gloriously messed up, these videos immediately jumped to the front of a very long line, demanded our attention, and stayed with us throughout the year.